CCAAT/enhancer binding protein β expression is increased in the brain during HIV-1-infection and contributes to regulation of astrocyte tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1.

abstract：:Choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) is specifically expressed in cholinergic neurons. To identify control mechanisms regulating the cell-specific expression of the gene encoding ChAT, transient expression of the luciferase gene driven by human ChAT gene 5'flanking sequences was compared in cholinergic and noncholinergic ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Li YP,Baskin F,Davis R,Hersh LB

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endocannabinoid anandamide (N-arachidonoylethanolamine) and other bioactive long-chain N-acylethanolamines are thought to be formed from their corresponding N-acylphosphatidylethanolamines by a specific phospholipase D (NAPE-PLD) in the brain as well as other tissues. However, regional distribution of NAPE-PLD in ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Morishita J,Okamoto Y,Tsuboi K,Ueno M,Sakamoto H,Maekawa N,Ueda N

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Superfusion of striatal slices with a medium deficient in Ca2+ and Mg2+ caused a large and sustained increase in release of lactate dehydrogenase, a finding indicative of the disruption of plasma membranes. This was associated with an efflux of dopamine (DA) and the depletion of DA from the tissue. In addition, wherea...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Lonart G,Zigmond MJ

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the fundamental goals of lipidomics research is to identify the linkage of an individual gene with a given lipidome, thereby revealing the role of that gene in lipid metabolism, transport, and homeostasis. In this study, we have identified four apolipoprotein E (apoE)-induced alterations in the lipidome of mous...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Cheng H,Jiang X,Han X

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study we have used perfused hippocampal slices to examine the hypothesis that nitric oxide (NO) can evoke the release of adenosine from nervous tissue. ATP stores were labeled by incubation with [3H]adenine. Electrical field stimulation at 5 Hz for 5 min evoked the release of 3H-purines, and this was en...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Fallahi N,Broad RM,Jin S,Fredholm BB

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several analogs of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) were synthesized and screened for their capacity to be oxidized by monoamine oxidase (MAO-A or MAO-B) and their capacity to produce nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurotoxicity in mice. All of the compounds were relatively weak substrates for MAO-A but...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Youngster SK,Sonsalla PK,Heikkila RE

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present experiments show that N-[3H]-methylcarbamylcholine ([3H]MCC) binds specifically and with high affinity to rat hippocampus, frontal cortex, and striatum. The highest maximal density of binding sites was apparent in frontal cortex and the lowest in hippocampus. [3H]MCC binding was potently inhibited by nicot...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Araujo DM,Lapchak PA,Collier B,Quirion R

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microtubule-associated protein (MAP) 1B is a high-molecular-weight cytoskeletal protein that is abundant in developing neuronal processes and appears to be necessary for axonal growth. Various biochemical and immunocytochemical results are reported, indicating that a significant fraction of MAP1B is expressed as an in...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Tanner SL,Franzen R,Jaffe H,Quarles RH

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyamine synthesis is induced by various extracellular signals, and it is widely held that this biochemical response participates in cell growth and differentiation. Certain of the triggers for synthesis in brain tissues also increase the breakdown of high-molecular-weight structural proteins, apparently by activatin...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Najm I,Vanderklish P,Etebari A,Lynch G,Baudry M

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The murine neuroblastoma N1E-115 cell line possesses a high density of angiotensin II (AngII) receptors that can be solubilized with the zwitterionic detergent 3-[(3-cholamidopropyl)dimethylammonio]-1-propanesulfonate. These solubilized binding sites exhibited high affinity for CGP-42112A and not Losartan, indicating ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Siemens IR,Reagan LP,Yee DK,Fluharty SJ

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noradrenaline (NA) release and its modulation via presynaptic opioid receptors were studied in rabbit hippocampal slices, which were preincubated with [3H]NA, continuously superfused in the presence of 30 microM cocaine and stimulated electrically. The evoked release of [3H]NA was strongly reduced by the preferential ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Jackisch R,Geppert M,Illes P

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The decrease of pyruvate and ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex activities is the main cause of energy and acetyl-CoA deficits in thiamine deficiency-evoked cholinergic encephalopathies. However, disturbances in pathways of acetyl-CoA metabolism leading to appearance of cholinergic deficits remain unknown. Therefore,...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Jankowska-Kulawy A,Bielarczyk H,Pawełczyk T,Wróblewska M,Szutowicz A

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nature of the opiate modulation of adenylate cyclase following acute and chronic agonist exposure has been investigated in rat spinal cord. Using membranes of both adult rat spinal cord and spinal cord-dorsal root ganglion cocultures, we found that kappa-opiate receptors are negatively coupled to adenylate cyclase...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Attali B,Saya D,Vogel Z

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synapses are often located at great distances from the cell body and so must be capable of transducing signals into both local and distant responses. Although progress has been made in understanding biochemical cascades involved in neuronal death during development of the nervous system and in various neurodegenerativ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Duan W,Rangnekar VM,Mattson MP

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor complex as defined by the binding of [3H]MK-801 has been solubilized from membranes prepared from both rat and porcine brain using the anionic detergent deoxycholate (DOC). Of the detergents tested DOC extracted the most receptors (21% for rat, 34% for pig), and the soluble com...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： McKernan RM,Castro S,Poat JA,Wong EH

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For more than three decades, the venom of the black widow spider and its principal active components, latrotoxins, have been used to induce release of neurotransmitters and hormones and to study the mechanisms of exocytosis. Given the complex nature of alpha--latrotoxin (alpha-LTX) actions, this research has been cont...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Silva JP,Suckling J,Ushkaryov Y

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of the protein kinase inhibitor H-7 on early and delayed responses to nerve growth factor (NGF) were investigated in PC12 cells. H-7 reduced the NGF-induced expression of c-Fos in a dose-dependent manner without affecting the time course of c-Fos appearance. Conversely, H-7 potentiated delayed NGF effects,...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Kahle P,Mangold M,Kuwahara T,Schubenel R,Hertel C

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenylate cyclase in homogenates of Drosophila melanogaster is heterogeneous with respect to its affinity toward MgATP and its subcellular distribution. Km values for MgATP range, under similar assay conditions, from approximately 10(-5) M to approximately 10(-3) M, depending on the body region and on the subcellular ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Dudai Y,Zvi S

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have analyzed brain coated vesicles and synaptic plasma membrane for the presence of the plasma membrane proteolipid protein. Coated vesicles were isolated from calf brain gray matter with a final purification on Sephacryl S-1000 and reisolated twice by chromatography to ensure homogeneity. Fractions were analyzed ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Sapirstein VS,Nolan C,Stern R,Ciocci M,Masur SK

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the consequences of transient application of specific stimuli mimicking inflammation to hippocampal tissue on microglia activation and neuronal cell vulnerability to a subsequent excitotoxic insult. Two-week-old organotypic hippocampal slice cultures, from 7-day-old C57BL/6 donor mice, were exposed for...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Bernardino L,Balosso S,Ravizza T,Marchi N,Ku G,Randle JC,Malva JO,Vezzani A

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of acute and chronic administration of a subconvulsive dose of picrotoxin on t-[35S]butylbicyclophosphorothionate ([3S]TBPS), [3H]muscimol, and [3H]flunitrazepam binding characteristics in various regions and on the convulsant potency of picrotoxin in Sprague-Dawley rats were examined. Acute administration...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Ito Y,Lim DK,Nabeshima T,Ho IK

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modulation of [3H]muscimol binding by picrotoxin, pentobarbitone, and etomidate was investigated in rat cerebellar and cerebral cortical membranes. In cerebellum, at 37 degrees C in the presence of chloride ions (150 mM), picrotoxin and picrotoxinin decreased specific [3H]muscimol binding to 43 +/- 3% of control, with...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Quast U,Brenner O

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured the activity of cathepsin D, the major cerebral protease, in 50 separate areas of the central nervous system of adult and aged humans, using hemoglobin as the substrate. The activity showed significant regional heterogeneity, with average differences of 50-100% between the lower and higher level areas, and...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Banay-Schwartz M,DeGuzman T,Kenessey A,Palkovits M,Lajtha A

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review, we discuss the poorly explored role of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) in memory maintenance, and its influence on memory destabilization. After a brief review on CaMKII and memory destabilization, we present critical pieces of evidence suggesting that CaMKII activity increases ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Vigil FA,Giese KP

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated by 13C NMR the turnover of the H3 deuterons of (2-13C) glutamate and (2-13C) glutamine in the brain of partially deuterated rats. Adult animals (150-200 g) fed ad libitum received 50% 2H2O or tap water 9 days before infusing (1-13C) glucose or (2-13C) acetate for 5, 10, 15, 30, 60, or 90 min. The brain...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Cerdán S,Sierra A,Fonseca LL,Ballesteros P,Rodrigues TB

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A decline in the calcium-dependent release of neurotransmitters appears to underlie the decreased neuronal function that accompanies reduced oxygen tensions (hypoxia). To determine if alterations in calcium uptake are primary to these changes, synaptosomal calcium uptake was measured in the presence of 100%, 2.5%, or ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Peterson C,Gibson GE

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protracted opiate withdrawal can extend for months of disrupted hormonal circadian rhythms. We examined rodent behaviors and these circadian disturbances in hormone and peptide levels as well as brain clock gene expression during 60 days of protracted withdrawal. Our behavioral tests included open field, elevated plus...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Li SX,Liu LJ,Jiang WG,Sun LL,Zhou SJ,Le Foll B,Zhang XY,Kosten TR,Lu L

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perlecan is a specific proteoglycan that binds to amyloid precursor protein and beta-amyloid peptide, is present within amyloid deposits, and has been implicated in plaque formation. Because plaque formation is associated with local inflammation, we hypothesized that the mechanisms involved in brain inflammatory respo...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： García de Yébenes E,Ho A,Damani T,Fillit H,Blum M

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activation of the inflammatory/immunological response system is suggested to be related to the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Aripiprazole is a novel atypical antipsychotic, which is a high-affinity dopamine D(2) receptor partial agonist. Atypical antipsychotics, all of which have dopamine D(2) receptor antagon...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Kato T,Mizoguchi Y,Monji A,Horikawa H,Suzuki SO,Seki Y,Iwaki T,Hashioka S,Kanba S

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calf brain 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate (PAPS):proteoheparan sulfate (PHS) N-sulfotransferase activity is solubilized by extracting salt-washed microsomes with 1% Cutscum. A protocol is described for the partial purification of the sulfotransferase activity utilizing: (1) diethylaminoethyl (DEAE)-Sephacel, (2...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Miller RR,Waechter CJ

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00